Q:What is your real name?A: You can call me "Stickgrappler", "Stick", "SG", or even "StickG".
I don't believe in giving any personal information out over the
Internet if I can help it. For more of my thoughts on this issue, please
read this article I wrote:

Q:What is your martial arts background?A: Although I have a lifelong interest in and passionate about the
martial arts and self-defense, I have not devoted the time to have a
basic proficiency in my opinion. My father taught me the Yang Tai Chi
long form when I was around 10 years old. He also showed me a little
Hung Ga. He and my fifth uncle showed me a little Wing Chun Kuen also.
This may sound silly to some if not most, but I regret not sticking (pun intended! - Tai Chi practitioners will get this LOL) with
the Tai Chi. As a kid, it was slow and boring. Little did I know.

I
train informally currently with 2 training partners during the summers.
The rest of the year, I train solo on and off at home following along
some dvd's or material I've learned formally. I'm mainly into the Filpino Martial arts and love stickwork. Dabble a little in knifework. Love to use the staff. Love the various styles of martial arts as it's all Yin/Yang to me. All the various styles/systems have something to offer.

Mostly I've devoted time in raising/teaching my 3 children. It is very satisfying that my children are excelling in academics. My oldest daughter is in one of the top High Schools in NYC. My second daughter is in the NYC Gifted and Talented Program in Middle School. My son, in 4th grade, is already doing basic algebra and reading about 2 grades above. The fruition of my labors is paying off!

Although I have a little regret in not being more disciplined in training in The Way, I am getting back into training.

Q:What formal training have you had?A: My formal training is as follows:

I have never had the time nor funds to sign up for
formal lessons at an academy/school. My philosophy though is just to
get proficient enough in the various areas/styles I'm interested in. I
don't need a "black belt" in anything. Just need to be good enough to survive on the Streets. I train with that goal in mind.

Q:If I wanted to make a donation towards your site and support your efforts, how do I do that?A:
The sentiment and generosity is deeply appreciated, however, I do not
accept donations towards my site or efforts. If you truly want to help
me out, please consider supporting one (if not more) of the many
instructors' material/articles/information I've archived to my site that
you found helpful. Most of them will either have products for sale
and/or teach regular/private classes or seminars. I believe in giving credit where credit is due.
Whenever possible, my modus operandi has been to provide the
instructor's website or contact info with the archived
material/articles/information or via my Links page. If for some reason
contact information is missing, please get in touch with me.

Q:You are not getting any financial compensation for your work. Why do you do what you do? A: I can probably be described as an amateur martial arts historian (fancy wording for "martial arts geek").
I came across some useful information - sometimes practical/technical
and other times historical/background. In the spirit of the people whose
writings I've archived, they provided freely of their time, experience
and knowledge and graciously shared. All I did was centralized the
information and made a database so to speak. I cannot and will not
accept any monetary compensation for others' work. Ultimately I use my
site as my notebook in that it has the notes I want to refer to and it
has links to forums and sites I frequent. So in the end maybe I'm not as
altruistic as I seem.

Q:If I like one of your posts, how can I share them?A:I've made it easy to share the posts with the Share
Buttons located at the end of the post, right above the "You may also
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Site Under Construction

Slowly but surely I've implemented changes to the site's look and functionality. I'm sure you have noticed the changes.Ecstatic that I've finally been able to successfully update my site closer more in line with my vision of it.

Not sure if it will be the final look of the site or not, but the Sojourn of Septillion Steps with respect to the site's look has already taken quite a few steps beyond the first!

I will still be endeavoring to put up information I think will benefit your martial arts training as well as your self-defense. I sincerely thank you for visiting/reading!